Recent content by BigSteve2

Thanks everyone for the replies. Sorry I took so long to get back. I do like the look and my endlers seem happy to swim in and out among the plants. I only have 10 endlers 3 salt and pepper Cory's 5 amanos 2 surviving rilli shrimp 1 ever so shy vampire shrimp and a couple of nerites. They all...

So I'm just wondering if your tank can be too full of plants and should I thin them out a bit?

Just chipping in if you don't mind. I use microbe lift liquid co2 fertilizer and use microbe lift plants green ferts to good effect. The liquid co2 is non-glut using peat extracts as the carbon sauce and contains bb to help plant roots absorb nutrients. About the same price as excel. Doesn't...

One of my salt & pepper corries. Excuse the algae.

Sorry for the late reply. 4 in total.

Yes they were advertised as for the aquarium. I've already spoken with him and he claims they are from the EU and no ferts or sprays are used. I'm not convinced at all. He claims they are kept in a holding tank and nerite and there are no problems. Trouble is he can say what he likes I can't...

So yesterday I fell foul to shrimp safe plants that were/weren't. Usually I buy plants from my lfs and have not had a problem after a thorough soak and rinse introducing them to my community tank the shrimp have been fine. Yesterday within 1 hr I'd lost All l my amano shrimp these plants were...

My female amano shrimp is currently carrying loads of eggs. I know they won't survive in my freshwater tank but my question relates to the unusual behaviour of the other male shrimp. They are literally tearing around the tank after the female. Is this normal amano behaviour?

My 10g cube still has space for. More plants.

Sorry for posting in the wrong room. I'll work it out eventually.

I think after looking at pictures on line this could well be creeping jenny. I'm getting the shears out now.

Thanks everyone. I should have paid more attention but I loved the colour. I will be disappointed if it changes.

Hi everyone. Can anyone please identify this plant for me. Brought it from my lfs and the guy who served me reeled off some big Latin name. Told me it would grow like stink. ( by this he meant 2cm in 24 hrs) and it is already coming out the top of my tank. I'm not worried by that as I don't...

I have neon green raspbora in my community tank and a couple of them have gone up to the 1.5-inch sort of size but generally they have stayed around the 1 inch mark. Im pretty certain the others are lamb chops.